Originality consists in returning to the origin.

Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.

Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.

God, or Nature.

-- Benedictus de Spinoza

We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.

-- Jeff Bezos

Invention lies not in knowledge itself but in the ingenuity to apply it.

-- Sakichi Toyoda

For truly art lies hidden in nature; whoever can draw it out possesses it.

-- Albrecht Dürer

The secret of art is to correct nature.

-- Sandro Botticelli

I do not copy nature; I reveal it.

-- Caravaggio